Brundage

With an open-bounday policy and 19,000 acres of cat-skiing just out the back door, Brundage Mountain Resort quietly rules central Idaho. On the map, you'll find Hidden Valley, an ungroomed playground that feeds into a large powder bowl with jib hits. What's not on the trail map: Naughty Girl, a swath of rewarding powder stashes that loops beyond the resort's south side and is named for the sassy mountain employee who found it.

It’s a simple existence in Sun Valley, Idaho. Ski, party, repeat. But combine a demanding mountain with celebrity sightings and seemingly bottomless schooners of beer, and spending time at America’s most storied ski resort is anything but easy. Here’s a guide to doing it right.

Hut-to-hut touring is well known in the world of backcountry skiing. But more and more of these mountain refuges are opening their trail systems to mountain bikers in the summer months. So why not trade in your skins for wheels, and deep powder for single track?

While many ski towns and ski resorts are laying low, quietly waiting for another winter, plenty of others are turning the volume all the way up with all sorts of kickass music festivals this summer. These 10 are amongst the very best.